STAHL ESSENTIALS
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ SSRIs. Answer: 1st-line treatment for depression; block serotonin
reuptake.
⩥ SNRIs. Answer: Affect serotonin and norepinephrine.
⩥ NDRIs. Answer: Inhibit dopamine reuptake.
⩥ Antianxiety (Anxiolytic). Answer: Reduce anxiety, promote sleep, and
manage alcohol withdrawal depending on the agent.
⩥ Mood Stabilizers. Answer: Stabilize mood in bipolar disorder,
especially mania, and help prevent relapse of manic and depressive
episodes.
⩥ SARIs. Answer: Serotonin antagonist and reuptake inhibitor.
⩥ NRIs/NETs. Answer: Affect norepinephrine reuptake.
, ⩥ TCAs. Answer: Increase serotonin and norepinephrine by blocking
reuptake.
⩥ MAOIs. Answer: Increase norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin
by blocking monoamine oxidase.
⩥ Buspar. Answer: Non-benzodiazepine anxiolytic used for anxiety.
⩥ Benzodiazepines. Answer: Used for anxiety, insomnia, and alcohol
withdrawal.
⩥ Melatonin receptor agonist. Answer: Promotes sleep.
⩥ Short-acting hypnotics. Answer: Used for insomnia.
⩥ Lithium. Answer: Used for bipolar disorder and acute mania.
⩥ Anticonvulsants. Answer: Reduce firing of very-high-frequency
neurons, slow sodium and calcium reentry into neurons, inhibit GABA
and glutamate, and suppress CNS excitement.
PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY CERTIFICATION
EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
⩥ SSRIs. Answer: 1st-line treatment for depression; block serotonin
reuptake.
⩥ SNRIs. Answer: Affect serotonin and norepinephrine.
⩥ NDRIs. Answer: Inhibit dopamine reuptake.
⩥ Antianxiety (Anxiolytic). Answer: Reduce anxiety, promote sleep, and
manage alcohol withdrawal depending on the agent.
⩥ Mood Stabilizers. Answer: Stabilize mood in bipolar disorder,
especially mania, and help prevent relapse of manic and depressive
episodes.
⩥ SARIs. Answer: Serotonin antagonist and reuptake inhibitor.
⩥ NRIs/NETs. Answer: Affect norepinephrine reuptake.
, ⩥ TCAs. Answer: Increase serotonin and norepinephrine by blocking
reuptake.
⩥ MAOIs. Answer: Increase norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin
by blocking monoamine oxidase.
⩥ Buspar. Answer: Non-benzodiazepine anxiolytic used for anxiety.
⩥ Benzodiazepines. Answer: Used for anxiety, insomnia, and alcohol
withdrawal.
⩥ Melatonin receptor agonist. Answer: Promotes sleep.
⩥ Short-acting hypnotics. Answer: Used for insomnia.
⩥ Lithium. Answer: Used for bipolar disorder and acute mania.
⩥ Anticonvulsants. Answer: Reduce firing of very-high-frequency
neurons, slow sodium and calcium reentry into neurons, inhibit GABA
and glutamate, and suppress CNS excitement.
